(1) Cheating by an applicant in applying for, taking or subsequent to the examination will be deemed to invalidate any grade otherwise earned by an applicant on any test section of the examination and may warrant summary expulsion from the test site and disqualification from taking the examination for a specified period of time.(2) For purposes of this rule, the following actions or attempted activities, among others, may be considered cheating: (a) Falsifying or misrepresenting educational credentials or other information required for admission to the examination;(b) Communication between applicants while the examination is in progress both inside or outside the test site or copying another applicant's answers;(c) Communication with others inside or outside the test site while the examination is in progress;(d) Substitution of another individual to sit in the test site in place of the actual applicant;(e) Violating the nondisclosure prohibitions of the examination or aiding or abetting another in doing so; or(f) Retaking or attempting to retake a test section by an individual holding a valid license or by an applicant who has unexpired credit for having already passed the same test section, unless the individual or applicant has been expressly directed to retake the test section pursuant to a Board order or expressly authorized by the Board to retake the test section to participate in a "secret shopper" program.(3) In any case where it appears that cheating has occurred or is occurring, the applicant may be summarily expelled from the examination or moved to a position in the test site away from other examinees where the applicant may be watched more closely. Evidence of cheating is grounds for denial of a license.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 20-3-.05
O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-3-8, 43-3-9, 43-3-10, 43-3-21.
Original Rule entitled "Number of Sittings, Passing Grade and Granting of Credit, Release of Grades and Completion of Examination" adopted. F. Feb. 9, 1978; eff. Mar. 1, 1978.Amended: F. Sept. 12, 1979; eff. Oct. 2, 1979.Amended: F. Dec. 20, 1984; eff. Jan. 9, 1985.Amended: F. July 15, 1987; eff. August 4, 1987.Amended: F. Oct. 31, 1991; eff. Nov. 20, 1991.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Dec. 14, 1993; eff. Jan. 3, 1994.Repealed: New Rule entitled "Cheating" adopted. F. Oct. 1, 2003; eff. Oct. 21, 2003.Amended: F. Feb. 4, 2015; eff. Feb. 24, 2015.